Michigan State Spartans

The Spartans are the athletic teams of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The school colors are green and white and all teams compete in the Big Ten conference except the hockey team. Past teams have won 11 National Championships. Famous athletes include Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Scott Skiles, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, Bubba Smith and Ryan Miller.

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Giorgi Bezhanishvili scored 35 points to lead Illinois to a 99-94 overtime win over Rutgers on Saturday, breaking the Illini record for points in a game by a freshman.
The forward passed Deon Thomas, the program’s all-time scoring leader, who scored 34...

Michigan avenged last month’s loss to Wisconsin — and coach John Beilein wants no part of a rubber match against the Badgers.
“Ethan Happ said to me after the game: ‘I hope to see you again this season,’ ” Beilein said. “No Ethan. I don't want to see you...

National signing day for college football is in the books. While the majority of FBS prospects signed during the early period in December, each of the local major-college teams added at least one recruit Wednesday.
Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s news with...

The Smith family will make a significant stamp on Illinois’ 2019 defense.
Coach Lovie Smith announced Wednesday he will remain the Illini’s defensive coordinator after taking on the dual roles last season following Hardy Nickerson’s resignation in late...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood wore the historic orange jacket. The players wore throwback jerseys.
And the young Illini played like a team of old.
It ended with a well-deserved court-storming after the Illini upset No. 9 Michigan State 79-74 on...

Loyalty is a two-way street for Sam Jackson.
P.J. Fleck and Minnesota made an indelible impression last June, extending a scholarship offer to Jackson before he even suited up as a sophomore receiver on the varsity for Naperville Central.
The electric...

Players receive advice when they’re going through a slump — sometimes too much advice.
So Illinois coach Brad Underwood said he decided to do just the opposite with struggling forward Kipper Nichols.
“I really took the approach to almost coach him as if...

Northwestern faced a tough task against a talented team that had lost two straight games, and the Wildcats came up well short Tuesday night in a Big Ten road game.
No. 21 Maryland emphatically ended its skid with a 70-52 rout. The Terrapins used their...

As solid as the top of the Big Ten looks, the bottom is easy to figure out.
Fans at Illinois, Penn State and Northwestern are getting anxious with dismal starts to conference play. An upset of Ohio State lifted spirits at Rutgers, but the Scarlet...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood suspected why Trent Frazier’s confidence had taken a dive along with his shooting percentage.
“The biggest thing is we need to keep Trent off social media,” Underwood said of the sophomore guard. “He follows that and...

A perfectly reasonable ranking of any college football season in the late 2010s can be summed up as follows:
No. 1. Alabama or Clemson.
No. 2. Alabama or Clemson.
Nos. 3-roughly 130. Cannon fodder.
But though the Crimson Tide and the Tigers have...

Hungering for an expansion of the four-team College Football Playoff?
As Lee Corso would put it: “Not so fast, my friend.”
After a meeting of conference commissioners Monday before the Alabama-Clemson national title game, CFP board member Mark...

Urban Meyer out. Ryan Day in.
You probably already knew that 2019 Big Ten storyline. But there are many more. Read on:
1. For Jim Harbaugh, it’s now or never.
Michigan entered the ’Shoe in November on a 10-game winning streak with the nation’s...

Is it Michigan and Michigan State, then everyone else? The two teams have established themselves as kings of the Big Ten and potential Final Four contenders.
But who else has a chance? Ohio State and Indiana have shown they can make a push, and don’t...

Northwestern’s A.J. Turner found the ball back in his hands just a second after he missed a clean look at a go-ahead 3-pointer against Illinois.
Without hesitation, he caught Dererk Pardon’s pass, raised up and nailed his second attempt. The shot...

Riding a seven-game winning streak, No. 8 Michigan State came to Columbus, Ohio, to play No. 14 Ohio State with captain and scoring machine Joshua Langford sidelined indefinitely with an ankle injury. The team’s other two veterans had to pick up the...

Tight end Luke Ford, the top-rated recruit in Illinois in the Class of 2018 at downstate Carterville, is transferring to Illinois after one season at Georgia, he announced Friday.
The 6-foot-6, 248-pound Ford was the nation’s No. 51 prospect last...

Home forever.
An exultant Pat Fitzgerald declared that late Monday after Northwestern’s stunning comeback victory in the Holiday Bowl, and his agent confirmed it Thursday night to the Tribune. Chicago-based Bryan Harlan said that although multiple NFL...

Illinois seemed like the obvious choice for Shammond Cooper, a four-star linebacker from St. Louis whom the Illini have been recruiting since his sophomore season, and he affirmed their work to land him Thursday by announcing his commitment before the...

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald sifted through hundreds of resumes before selecting Kurt Anderson as his new offensive line coach. The school cannot announce the move until its human resources department signs off, but a source confirmed the report by...